When we launched Spring Thaw last month, we also launched our inaugural BT knitting kit – the Seasons Hat. We waited to mention this on the blog, since we weren’t sure what to expect in terms of demand right out of the gate. Though we sold through our first limited run of these kits pretty quickly, we’ve been busy working on Batch Two so that we could make a formal announcement here. For those of you who wanted a kit but weren’t able to snag one when we launched, all four colorways are back in stock as of today! (Though how long they last is yet to be seen…)
The kits include five hand-wound mini-skeins of Loft in colors and amounts corresponding to your chosen colorway. We’ve also included a physical copy of the Seasons pattern – an 8-page folio printed on saddle-stitched card stock. Kits ship in our signature BT packaging.
I remember falling in love with this banded colorwork motif when I visited Shetland in the Summer of 2010 and saw it on a pair of hand knit gloves that I purchased from one of the regional knitters there. I’ve since swatched it several times for different design ideas, and it finally found its home with this one.
I used this motif in much of my early experimenting with multi-colored stranded knitting from the Loft palette. When it was time to decide which colorway to use for the final sample – I just couldn’t pick one. It was there that the idea of the “Seasons” were born. The four final versions were inspired by color families from each season.
We hope to expand our kit offerings later this year with more colors and more projects – it’s a fun variation on yarn ordering, not to mention a great gift idea for those die-hard knitters in our lives. (We’ve even had some of our own staff members clamoring for them…)
We hope you like them – happy kitting!
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Resources: Seasons Hat kits are available for purchase on our web site here. Hat design by Jared Flood. Packaging and printed pattern are printed/produced in the US.
I work at an LYS. Are the Seasons Hat Kits available to retailers? We would love to carry these in our shop.
I am halfway through the Winter hat right now through the kit, and I am addicted. Addicted I tell you. I want to do Autumn next. And I really like the idea of more kits in the future, although I have half a mind to just buy a whole bunch of Loft so I am set on colorwork for life…but in the meantime, bring on the kits.
Two comments: (1) I am an electronic pattern girl. I would love you all forever if the kit came with a download code for the electronic pattern. (2) The only thing holding me back from buying the rest of the Seasons kits is the price. What it amounts to is about $34 for just over one skein of Loft. I understand it takes a load of work for these to be assembled, which was clear from the gorgeous packaging, and I am paying for the convenience of having all of the colors, I am hesitant to buy more for that reason. That being said, don’t be surprised if I cave and you see my order for Autumn coming through shortly. (Or 5 skeins of Loft in the Autumn colorway).
I have never tried any of your yarn. Do you have samples or color card. I knit A LOT ( all the time) and love trying new yarns. Also on your Seasons kits try yellow and moss green with reds with orange hues and browns.